Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 've got to say this , in some cases I had additional time as a shop steward and a convenor , to spend on major problems er affecting the incentive scheme . |
| 2 | This reinforced my interest in the subject , but as I soon became involved in postgraduate studies in busy medical , surgical and then paediatric units I had little time to pursue it at that stage . |
| 3 | Friday I spent some time here , half a day . |
| 4 | By adopting this method of study he wasted less time and it also enabled him to learn more efficiently . |
| 5 | The one member of the CPNI who was centrally involved in NICRA was Betty Sinclair ; as secretary of the Belfast trades council she had more time to devote to it than trade-union officials like Banks and Harris . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll see you in the same pub we used last time . |
| 7 | After the reports some political worthies spew out the same old phrases they parroted last time the natives grew restless somewhere . |
| 8 | And what I will do is to look erm tt in some detail at er an analysis of a man r called Richard Newstat I mentioned last time , Mr Shirley Williams , and Richard Newstat wrote a book in nineteen sixty called Presidential Power and that book is now in whatever , what it is , I do n't know , seventh or eight edition and it 's probably still the single best selling book on the American presidency and er for good reason because it , it , it raises an , an argument which is really quite simple but often neglected . |
| 9 | The other device I saw some time ago was a timing light for diesels , this obtained its triggering pulse from a sensor clipped to no.1 injector pipe . |
| 10 | Now for another session of free sailing — filling in the places you missed first time . |
| 11 | The room was silent save for the angry swishing sound she made each time she turned the magazine 's pages . |
| 12 | The only heroes he had much time for were Bravd and the Weasel , who were out of town at the moment , and Hrun the Barbarian , who was practically an academic by Hub standards in that he could think without moving his lips . |
| 13 | Mr X found the sound of running water reduced his tinnitus ; on bad days he spent much time in the bathroom . |
| 14 | Once free of these troubles he wasted little time in turning his attention to England . |
| 15 | Most years he spent some time in Anagni or Segni , his home region ; otherwise Rome was his main place of residence . |
| 16 | ‘ So the behaviour you described last time — following Susie 's movements , going through her things — is your way of trying to make her stay ? ’ asked the counsellor . |
| 17 | 1 choose one of the stories you told last time . |
| 18 | When his friends the Barberini were obliged for political reasons to leave Rome in 1644 and settled in Paris he lost little time in entertaining them and the French Court with Italian operas . |
| 19 | In any event he had little time to give careful immediate consideration to the letter ; he merely wrote a short reply pressing Balfour to reconsider his position . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm prepared to double the offer I made last time . ’ |
| 21 | We th to rehearse a little bit of the debate we had last time on speed cameras , th there was erm discussion about who should fund the camera themselves because being a , the Department of Transport and Home Office recommendation , that they should be funded by the police , but because of Mr 's question at full Council and the wish of this committee to spend some of this additional money if you like , or in ninety three four for safety related measures , it was thought wise to combine the two and actually try and fund a trial er package of speed cameras cos it 's , it 's about six sites and one camera , from the ninety three four budget that we 've actually found . |
| 22 | While loading Frankenstein I took some time to read the inlay . |
| 23 | I cut the cheese with the Lappish knife I acquired last time out ; it has a 25-centimetre blade and can open cans , cut fire-wood and generally keep misery at bay . |
| 24 | After school my father used to accompany him on his rounds in the car , and during these journeys they had ample time to exchange ideas without being overheard . |
| 25 | They have come to reinforce the message they left last time . |
| 26 | And that were the mistake he made last time . |
| 27 | After leaving the Dardanelles he spent some time in Salonika and Egypt , before being posted as brigadier-general ( November 1915 ) on the staff of the reserve corps led by Sir Hubert Gough [ q.v. ] on the western front . |
| 28 | No , he said do n't break your necks he said any time after ten . |
| 29 | So in his first major speech as leader in parliament he wasted little time on the customary compliments and warned the government that he intended to play hard . |
| 30 | Lord Peyton has the right to stick to his guns and he 's disinclined to give in after the majority he won last time . |